Joseph Reed INGERSOLL

(1786-1868)

INGERSOLL, Joseph Reed,
(son of Jared Ingersoll and brother of Charles Jared Ingersoll), a
Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Philadelphia, Pa., June
14, 1786; pursued a classical course and was graduated from
Princeton College in 1804; studied law; was admitted to the bar and
commenced practice in Philadelphia, Pa.; elected as an
Anti-Jacksonian candidate to the Twenty-fourth Congress (March 4,
1835-March 3, 1837); declined to be a candidate for renomination in
1836; resumed the practice of law; elected as a Whig to the
Twenty-seventh Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the
resignation of John Sergeant; reelected as a Whig to the
Twenty-eighth, Twenty-ninth, and Thirtieth Congresses and served
from October 12, 1841, to March 3, 1849; chairman, Committee on the
Judiciary (Thirtieth Congress); declined to accept the nomination
as a candidate for reelection in 1848 to the Thirty-first Congress;
appointed Minister to Great Britain by President Fillmore and
served from August 21, 1852, to August 23, 1853; died in
Philadelphia, Pa., February 20, 1868; interment in St.
Peter’s Protestant Episcopal Churchyard.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present